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Snapshots From New Orleans' Long-Term Recovery-- Katrina At 9, John T. Marshall
Snapshots From New Orleans' Long-Term Recovery-- Katrina At 9, John T. Marshall
John Travis Marshall
No abstract provided.
Blizzard Alert!: How Do U.S. Cities Compared In Dealing With Major Snowstorms?, John T. Marshall, Rebecca Burns
Blizzard Alert!: How Do U.S. Cities Compared In Dealing With Major Snowstorms?, John T. Marshall, Rebecca Burns
John Travis Marshall
No abstract provided.
Forging Successful Non-Profit Partnerships Following Crisis And Disaster: O.C. Haley Boulevard's Story, John T. Marshall
Forging Successful Non-Profit Partnerships Following Crisis And Disaster: O.C. Haley Boulevard's Story, John T. Marshall
John Travis Marshall
No abstract provided.
Atlanta Relief Officials Cite Lessons Learned After Hurricane Katrina, John T. Marshall, Jeremy Redmon, Craig Schneider
Atlanta Relief Officials Cite Lessons Learned After Hurricane Katrina, John T. Marshall, Jeremy Redmon, Craig Schneider
John Travis Marshall
No abstract provided.
Natural Hazards, Human Actors, Serious Harm: Refugee Protection Through Understanding The Social Construction Of Disasters, Matthew Scott
Natural Hazards, Human Actors, Serious Harm: Refugee Protection Through Understanding The Social Construction Of Disasters, Matthew Scott
Matthew Scott
The occurrence of a natural hazard event is a necessary, but not sufficient condition for the unfolding of a ‘natural’ disaster. Disasters result when individuals and communities are exposed and vulnerable to natural hazards, such as droughts, floods and earthquakes. In their turn, exposure and vulnerability are social facts that are often closely correlated with discrimination, for example against women, children, older people, persons with disabilities, as well as for reasons of race, religion, nationality or political opinion. Adopting the perspective that sees disasters as socially constructed in this way, the scope of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status …